inquest

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The inquest heard it took seven minutes before CPR started because they were waiting for four staff members to lift Leona on to the floor.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Staff told the ambulance service that it was "a prank call", however the records note she had three seizures that day and the inquest heard no staff member asked her why she was seeking help.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Det Sgt Helen Gridalis, of Greater Manchester Police, told the inquest no notes were found in the property.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Over the 15 hours before Molly was discovered, less than half - 44% - of the required observations were carried out, and some of those that did happen lasted just seconds, the inquest heard.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

By July 1921, the justice of the peace had closed his inquiries, stating that Anna Brown’s death had come at “the hands of parties unknown”—the same finding as delivered in the Whitehorn inquest.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann